Manager, Planning

Fuse; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agency in London is seeking a Comms Planning Specialist to drive marketing strategies for global skincare clients. This pivotal role involves collaborating with local teams to deliver effective campaign plans. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, a keen attention to detail, and a positive attitude. A hybrid working model is offered, fostering a supportive environment for professional growth.

Benefits

Hybrid working model

Qualifications

• Comfortable presenting media planning documents to senior stakeholders.
• Ability to develop integrated campaign plans.
• Experience with analyzing campaign tracking for optimization.

Responsibilities

• Build comms planning strategies for marketing objectives.
• Ensure effective delivery of strategy across key markets.
• Manage client campaign approvals and pacing via tools.

Skills

Curiosity

Attention to detail

Communication

Numeracy

Positive attitude

Job description

Overview

This is a pivotal and exciting role working on one of our agency’s newest skincare clients. This is an amazing opportunity to join a newly formed team tasked with driving best in class planning campaigns across markets.

Focussed on Comms Planning, this role is responsible for helping to drive the agenda for this global brand and ensure that media plans are delivered through excellent implementational planning in local markets.

In this role you will be a core part of the wider global team. You need to be comfortable looking at and understanding a media plan and you need to have an innate curiosity and desire to make the work strategically excellent.

About You & the role:

Responsibilities

• Build comms planning strategies that will enable the client to achieve (& exceed) marketing objectives for specific campaigns
• Ensure effective delivery of the strategy across key markets collaborating closely with local offline and digital hub teams to develop and own integrated campaign plans
• Be comfortable writing and presenting media planning documents to senior stakeholders
• Understand and be close to all campaign tracking and evaluation, to feed insight into ongoing optimisation and future planning
• Be the implementational planning expert who understands and can advise on the best use of full funnel channels across paid media
• Be comfortable talking to clients about the connection between channels across paid, owned & earned media
• Manage accurate and documented client campaign approvals and pacing from annual to tactical planning via OMNI tools and WoW
• Support wider team on ad-hoc media projects and thought pieces
• Be regularly in touch with media partners to understand new innovations in the market and receive new audience insights

Interpersonal / Attitudinal Skills

• Have an innate curiosity and a willingness to share ideas, thoughts & insights with the wider team.
• Develop a strong working relationship with colleagues & nurture positive team spirit.
• Take pride in everything you do and really care about delivering great work
• Recognise when to escalate a potential issue to senior colleagues or seek a second opinion from the wider team.
• Great attention to detail and a high level of numeracy – spot it first!
• A positive ‘can-do’ attitude and approach

About the Agency

At OMD EMEA, we strive to deliver on our promise of ‘better decisions, faster‘ for our clients, partners and all 6,000+ OMDers across our region every day. As part of the world’s largest media network, our business is staging experiences for consumers who have more choice and less attention than ever before. The key to the process is empathy. Empathy to see the world through the eyes of the consumer, to recognise the needs of our clients and to identify aspirations of our talent.

Learn Fast, Act Fast. To help navigate the road to a ‘new normal’, learning from, and acting upon data signals at scale and speed is crucial. Visit Why OMD? to learn more about our unique Act Fast Framework.

Flexible Working & Be Your Best

We are committed to supporting flexibility for our people while fostering collaboration, innovation, and teamwork. We have a hybrid working model (three days in the office, two working remotely). Our standard working hours are 9:30 – 17:30, with core hours 10:30 – 16:30 to provide flexibility. You may adjust start/end times to suit your needs.

We encourage open conversations between our people and managers to help navigate high-need periods and individual circumstances. Our goal is to create an environment where people feel genuinely supported to do their best - both in their careers and in their lives outside of work.

Be Your Best

We want everyone to make the most of the opportunity to shine and we are happy to make adjustments in the recruitment process so you can be your best. Please discuss any specific requirements with your dedicated Talent Team member.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At OMG, our vision is to be an agency where difference is valued and everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and belonging. We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment that reflects today’s society, where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, and where diverse voices and backgrounds are valued, heard, and well-represented.

Interested in building your career at Omnicom Media Group UK? We welcome inquiries about future opportunities.